I think we need to prepare our children for the future, raise strong, characterful children and not dependent children who throw a tantrum when they can't get something fast. Whatever I did, is that once the supplies we brought for the trip ran out. It was over! And that was it. "No more for now, you have to wait to get home" were my words, no matter how much she cried, kicked, or made faces that ruined her pretty little face.